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"This book aims to provide readers with a variety of contemporary solutions to identified educational problems of practice related to the assessment of student learning in e-learning environments"--Provided by publisher.

Ch. I Re-Assessing Validity and Reliability in the E-Learning Environment 1

Ch. II Assessing Teaching and Students' Meaningful Learning Processes in an E-Learning Course 20

Ch. III Collaborative E-Learning Using Wikis: A Case Report 37

Ch. IV Learning and Assessment with Virtual Worlds 55

Ch. V A Faculty Approach to Implementing Advanced, E-Learning Dependent, Formative and Summative Assessment Practices 76

Ch. VI Ensuring Security and Integrity of Data for Online Assessment 97

Ch. VII Issues in Peer Assessment and E-Learning 117

Ch. VIII The Validity of Group Marks as a Proxy for Individual Learning in E-Learning Settings 136

Ch. IX Validation of E-Learning Courses in Computer Science and Humanities: A Matter of Context 151

Ch. X Designing, Implementing and Evaluating a Self-and-Peer Assessment Tool for E-Learning Environments 170

Ch. XI Identifying Latent Classes and Differential Item Functioning in a Cohort of E-Learning Students 195

Ch. XII Is Learning as Effective When Studying Using a Mobile Device Compared to Other Methods? 218

Ch. XIII Evaluation Strategies for Open and Distributed Learning Environments 234

Ch. XIV Introducing Integrated E-Portfolio Across Courses in a Postgraduate Program in Distance and Online Education 243

Ch. XV Practical Strategies for Assessing the Quality of Collaborative Learner Engagement 254

Ch. XVI Afterword: Learning-Centred Focus to Assessment Practices 270

Compilation of References 272

Index 307